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noncognitive

noncognitive adjective: not cognitive; not directly related to cognition.

Adjective

noncognitive (not comparable)

  1. Not cognitive; not directly related to cognition
    • We assessed cognitive and noncognitive skills.

Origin of noncognitive

From non- + cognitive.

Questions about noncognitive

What does noncognitive mean?
Noncognitive means not cognitive; not directly related to cognition.
What part of speech is noncognitive?
Noncognitive is an adjective.

Words near noncognitive in the dictionary

  1. noncoexpressed
  2. noncoffee
  3. noncognate
  4. noncognates
  5. noncognition
  6. noncognitive
  7. noncognitivism
  8. noncognitivisms
  9. noncognitivist
  10. noncognitivistic
  11. noncognitivists

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